VIDEO: Reba McEntire reveals why she did not tell Blake Shelton she was replacing him on ‘The Voice’

Photos: Reba McEntire through the years 2012: Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire appear on "Black Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas." (Lewis Jacobs/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

May 18, 2023 at 11:11 a.m. UTC

By Woody

The Voice made it official on Monday (May 15) that Reba McEntire will be replacing Blake Shelton on the show after this season, but Blake did not find out until the rest us did.

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